Lynn Slameka

An exciting decision came down recently in the Southfield District Court. Judge Clarence A. Reid, Jr. declared Michigan’s abortion law unconstitutional during a pretrial examination of Dr. Jesse Ketchum and his wife Judith, March 30^th. The two had been charged with conspiracy to perform abortions, following Ketchum’s arrest January 5 at the Northland Inn in Southfield, as he prepared to perform an abortion on an undercover State policewoman, Mrs. Kay McEntee. Ketchum’s wife was later implicated following Mrs. McEntee’s testimony that Mrs. Ketchum had been the original contact in setting up the abortion.

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